Improvement in ranges



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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

APOLLOS RICHMOND, OF BROOKLYN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT m RANGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183.513, dated October24, 1876; application filed July 13, 1876. i

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, APOLLOS RICHMOND, ofBrooklyn, in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Ranges, which .improvements arefully set forth in the following specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

The object of my invention is to utilize and make serviceable in acooking range or stove the oval form, in order that the fire-box may heof improved size and shape, and that the heat may be better radiatedabout the oven, so that fuel may be saved; that the oven may be largerthan those of corresponding-sized square-corner ranges or stoves, andthat the liability of square corners to breakage or cracking, byexpansion and contraction and being in the way, may be avoided; that theflues may be increased in size without corresponding increase of weightin the stove; or, in other words, that all waste space in square cornersis done away with.

Another object of my invention is to afford an improved method ofsecuring the grate.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of thefire-box andgrate-rod and shelf. Fig. 2 is a sectional view lengthwise of the rangeor stove, showing the flues and place of access thereto. Fig. 3 is across section through the rear flues. Fig. 4 is a side, elevation of therange, showing the outer gratefasteners and one of the rear flue-doors.Fig. 5 shows the end of the grate and cap-piece in which its outer endrests, and the latch hold- ,ing said cap-piece in place.

A is the body of range of oval outline. B is a curved flue-strip in thetop flue to deflect the products of combustion, and, in connection witha damper to be placed at the rear extensions of thesalne, to cause themto pass down the side diving-flue farthestfrom the exit-pipe, B is thefire-box situated at one end. C is a shelf, which is a prolongation ofthe top of the range, and is flush with it upon its upper surface. Itsinner side is concave to receive the convex side of the stove, to whichit is attached by screws. D is the hollow oval piece upon which thestove-pipe is fitted, andthe shelf has its inner edge cut away toreceive one-half of it. F is the oven. G G are the flues to which doorsH H give access. I is the place where the ashes fall from the grate. Kisthe grate, journaled at the rear,

and its outer end held .in a removable cap, a.

This cap is held in place by a latch, b.

It is not deemed necessary to letter or describe the remaining parts, asthe various doors, hinges, covers, 850.

It will be noticed that the oval form gives large capacity to the rearflues, while avoidin g the objectionable angular form. The fluedoorsgive ready access, so that soft coal can be readily used with thisrange. The grate,

in lieu of the usual nuts and bolts, which often get rusted and fixed,is removably secured, and at its front end is journaled in a cap-piece,which drops as soon as the securing-latch is turned back.

I have already patented as a design the outer rounded form of. a rangeor 'cookingstove; but in said design patent no peculiarities ofconstruction or mechanical utilities could be set forth.

I am well aware also that doors are used to give access to flues; but Ihave never seen them utilized in a range or cooking-stove.

Ialso know that stove-pipe shelves are common, but I am not aware thatthis shelf has ever been made a continuance of the stovetop, and securedto it simply by screws.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, in a range of ovaloutline, of a fire -box with curved ends and front, an oven with curvedsides, a top flue with curved flue-strip, as shown and described, anddiving and rising flues, provided with dust-doors, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the removable cap a, in which the end of grate isjournaled, and the latch 12 for securing it in place, all as and for thepurposes set forth. v

APOLL'OS RICHMOND. Witnesses:

ALLEN TENNY, GEORGE W. MILLER.

